Ensilage cutter



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E. O. ODELL.

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EDWARD oscar. onnnr., or more, comme.

Eastman currm applicaties mea august s, 1921. smal m. 48am. I

To all whom. t may concem.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD OsoAR ODELL, a citizen of the United States,re-v siding `at A ro a, in the county 'ofCheyenne and State of olorado,have invented a new and useful Ensilage Cutter, of which the'v followingis a specification. l The device forming the subject. matter of thisapplication is adapted to be used I` e invention aims to improve themeans for gathering the corn into the field of the cutting mechanism, toimprove the cutting mechanism, to provide novel means for conl veyingthe corn to the ensilage cutter, and for cutting lthe ensilage and'carrying it away.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

- whichwill appear as the description the With the above and otherobjects in view, roceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshowncan be made without departing from the spirit of theQinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a devicecontstructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a side| elevation; and Figure 3 is an end elevation whereinparts have been omitted.' j

The device forming the subject matter of this application includes amain frame 42, carr in an o-iset bracket 75 (Figure 3), ragketsupporting a seat 47 and a foot rest 76. Rails 40 (Figure 1) projectforwardly from the frame 42, and form part thereof. The frame 42 carriesa support 49, in the form of a rod, on which (a forwardly extendedauxiliary frame 41 is mounted to 4swing for vertical adjustment. A lever48 (Figure 2) is fulcrumed at 77 on the frame 42 andjncludes a forwardlextended arm 78 connected by a link 79 with the auxiliary frame 41. Thelever 48 carries a latch mechanism 80 adaptedfto coact. with a segment81 mounted on the fmain frame 42. At 43 there appears a truck I frame,carrying ground wheels 44. The truck frame 43 is provided at its upperend with a crank 82,'jou`rnaled .in the forward end of the auxiliaryframe-41. The crank 82 is engaged by a draft tongue 83, the rear end ofwhich 's pivoted at 84 to the auxiliary frame 41, the construction beingsuch that whenthe tongue 83 is swuno laterally, a steering of themachine willz through the instrumentality of the crank 82. The upper endof the crank 82 carries lstraps 45 adapted to support a whiliie tree,

(not shown) should it 'be desired to move` the machine by the efforts ofdraft animals. The showing as to the truck frame or tongue truck is of amore or less conventional nabe effected,

ture, this part of the machine being one .upon which no emphasis islaid. The parts e truck are not assembled with of the tongu micrometricexactness, and there issuicient play between the parts, for instance,between the straps 45 and the crank 82-so that the frame-adjustingmechanism, including the lever/48 and attendant parts,may operate in thecommon and well known manner.

The numeral 52marks a ground wheel, carried by a slide 53l mounted forvertical reciprocation in a guide 85 carried byzthe frame 42, anysuitable means 54 being pro-fvided for raising and lowering the slide53.- A ground wheel 50 is provided and is supplied With traction spurs86, the ground wheel being carried by vertically adjustable bearings 87,mounted on the frame 42 and operated by any appropriate or common means,indicated at 5l.

Standards 30 are erected-on the frame 42 and are connected Iby tie bars88, the standards being sustained from the frame 42 by braces 90. Upperguides 33 are mounted at their rear ends on the upper ends of thestandards 30, the forward ends of the guides being connected to therails 40. Disposed below the guides V33 are guides 32, mounted at theirrear ends on the standards 30 and sustained at their forward ends bybrackets 89, carried by guides 37, located below the guides 32, the rearends of the guides 37 being mounted on the standards 30 and the forwardends of the uides 37 being mounted on the rails 40.. uides 38 aredisposed below the guides 37 and extend between the mounted 'torotate'in the guides 32, 37 and 38, the. [shaftsA` 23 being providedwith sprocketwheels 26 which enga'ge the gatherthe said# guides.

ing chains 27 and operate the same. The

Vshafts. 23 carry ysprocket wheels 25 drivilg sprocket chains 28traversing the guides and engaged around idle sprockets 97 on The shafts23 v carry 'sprgcketwheel 24 driving gathering chains 29 `cooperatingwith the Vguides V38, the chains 29 'being engaged around idlers 94mounted on the guides 38 at theY forward ends thereof.

0n the lower rear ends of the shafts 23 there are beveled 'pinions 95meshing with beveled inions 19 on a horizontal countershaft 21 ]ournaledin the frame 42. A clutch 96 is interposed in the shaft 21. The shaft 21is connected operatively with the ground wheel 50, through theinstrumentality of a sprocketchain 97. 1 v

An engine. 1 is mounted on the frame 42, the shaft of the enginecarrying` a pulle 3 and a sprocket wheel 2 which are loose on ported bya prop 100.

the said shaft the pulley and the sprocket wheel being adapted to belconnected to the shaft of the engine, operatively by means of a clutch98. An ensilage cutter 6 is carried by the frame42 and has an upwardlyand laterally extending discharge pipe 99 sup- A sprocket chain 4 isengaged around the sprocket wheel 2 and cooperates with a sprocket wheel5 on the shaft 1 01 of theensilage cutter 6. The shaft 101 of theensilage cutter carries afworm 9,

meshing with-aworm wheel 102 operatively connected with one of a'pair ofcooperating f* feed` rollers 7 ournaled upon and cooperat- 1ing with achute 103 which discharges into -thei ensilage' cutter 6. The shaft 101of the ensi'lage" cutter 6 carries aV sprocketvgwheel 8 coacting with asprocket vchain 10 engaged around a sprocket wheel. 11 one1 [shaft 13 4journaled onv the fral'nefv A. beveled pinion 12, mounted onthe'shaft13, engages a beveledpinion'lS carried by the shaft 21. On the forwardend of the shaft 13 there is a crankjdisk'll, connected to a pitman 15whichlinits turn, constitutes means for actu- Mating a cutter 17 mountedfor reciprocation ,on the frame, the frame carrying fixed vl vvknives'ofguides 16.

VWhen the engine 1 is operatetL-gmotion is transmitted by th sprocketclain 4 to the shaft 101 ofthe en ilage cutter 6. From the shaft 101 ofthe ensilage cutter, the sprocket chai-n10 imparts motion ,to the. shaft13, the

13 operating l thelcutter17 by way of the crankv disk 14. ont-the. 15.One :fof the feedrollers 7 i'sfdriven the shaft The corn is receivedvbetween the guides '33, the upper end ofthe corn being carried rearwardlby the chains 27, the internie-4 diate portlon of the corn being carriedrearwardly by the chains 28, and the butts of the corn being carriedrearwardly by the chains 29. The' corn passesv between the fixed guidesor knives 16 and is operated on by the reciprocating cutter 17, thecorn-being severed. The thering chains deliver the corn to Athe rollers7 which pass the corn rearwardly, through the chute 103, to the ensilagecutter 6. The corn, having been cut up in the ensilage cutter 6, isforced u wardly through the pipe 99 and may e discharged into a vehicle125, driven alongside the machine. By manipulating the lever 48, theforward portion of the main frame 42 may be raised and lowered, therebyadjusting the dist-ance between the knives 17 and the ground. y.

Having thus described the invention, what .is claimed is 1. 1n a deviceof the class described, a 100 frame; guides carried by the frame; rstshafts journaled in the guides; gathering chains traversing the guidesand driven vby the irst shafts; a horizontal shaft` journaled on theframe and disposed transverse- '105 ly thereof; beveled pinionsvconnecting the horizontal shaft with the rst shafts; a ground wheeljurnaled on the frame; means for connecting the ground wheel with thehorizontal shaft; a third shaft journaled on the frame and disposedparallel to the line of advance; beveled pinions connecting the thirdAshaft with the horizontal shaft;

a cutter cooperating with the guides; means for connectin the cutteroperatively vwith the main sha an ensilage cutter on the frame andlocated to the rear of the guides, the ensilage cutter including ashaft; an engine on the frame; means for connecting the'engine with theshaft of the ensilage 120 cutter; means for connecting the shaft of theensilage cutter with the third shaft; feed rolls journaled on the frameand located between the gathering chains and the ensila cutter; andmeans for driving one of t e rolls from the shaft of the ensilage,lcutter.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame; an ensilage cutter'onthe rear end of the, mme and r11u-.hailing Mbna; an 13 engine on therear end of the frame; means for connecting the engine with the shaft ofthe ensilage cutter; a horizontal shaft disposed transversely of theframe and journaled thereon; a ground Wheel carried by the frame; meansfor connecting the ground Wheel With the horizontal shaft; va thirdshaft journaled on the frame and disposed parallel to the line ofadvance; means for connecting the third shaft with the engine shaft andwith the horizontal shaft; guides carried by the frame; gathering chainstraversing the uides; shafts journaled in the guides an operating thegathering chains; means for imparting rotation to the last specifiedshafts from the horizontal shaft; a cutterope-rating beneath the guidesand driven by the third shaft; feed rolls journaled on the frame anddisposed between the ensilage cutter and the guides; and means fordriving one of the rolls from the shaft of the ensilage cutter..

3. In a device of the class described, a frame; guides carried by theframe; first shafts journaled in the uides; gathering chains traversingthe gui es and driven by the first shafts; a horizontal.` shaftjournaled on the frame and extended transversely of the frame; means forconnecting the horizontal shaft with the first shafts; a ground wheeljournaled on the fralne; means for connecting-the ground Wheel with thehorizontal shaft; a third shaft journaled on the frame and disposedparallel to the line of advance; means for connecting the third shaftWith the horizontal shaft; a cutter operating beneath the guides; meansfor connecting the cutter with the third shaft;

an ensilage cutter mounted on the frameand disposed rat the rear endthereof, the ensilage cutterincluding a shaft; means for connectlng theshaft of the ensilage cutter with the third shaft; p an engine on theframe; means for driving the shaft of the ensilage cutter from theengine; and means for carrying the material from the gathering chains tothe ensilage cutter.

4. In a device of the class described, a frame; an ensilage cutter onthe frame and including a shaft extended parallel to the line ofadvance; an engine on the frame; means for connecting the engine withvthe shaft of the ensilage cutter; a chute discharging into the ensilagecutter; rollers cooperating With the chute; a Worm drive between oneroller and the shaft of the ensilage cutter; a horizontal shaft disposedtransversely of the frame; a ground Wheel carried by the frame; meansfor connecting the ground Wheel with the horizontal shaft; gatheringmeans on the frame and discharging toward the rollers; mechanism foroperating the gathering means from the horizontal shaft; a cutting meansoperating beneath the gathering means; and mechanism for connecting thecutting means with the shaft of the ensilage cutter, said meanscomprising a part coacting with the horizontal shaft to impart rotationthereto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDVARD OSCAR ODELL.

Witnesses:

M. R. GLERES, W. D. OWEN.

